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Variable Barricade

A member of a prestigious family and heir to a fortune, Hibari learns that her eccentric grandfather is determined to find her a husband. He arranges to house her in a luxurious villa along with four handsome…

85 4 April 2019

Variable Barricade is an adventure developed by Design Factory, released 4 April 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita.

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What Variable Barricade is

Variable Barricade is an adventure game developed by Design Factory and released in 2019. It was published by Aksys Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hibari is the sole heir to her family’s fortune. Her grandfather is determined to find her a husband. He houses her in a luxurious home with handsome bachelors. As the men try to win her hand, Hibari endures endless trials and temptations. Has Grandpa chosen poorly, or is there more to these men than meets the eye? Hibari decides not to fall in love.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Variable Barricade holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Variable Barricade launched on 4 April 2019, within three weeks of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Anno 1800 and Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Anno 1800, Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced.

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When did Variable Barricade come out?
Variable Barricade was released on 4 April 2019 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita.

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